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DOM LIPA NEWS Rooted in Tradition. Caring for the Future. Vol. 5 No. 1 Winter 2020 Welcome to our new residents Ivana Campa Alojzij (Louie) Dejak Matilda Ritlop Štefan Ritlop Dobrodošli novi stanovalci! In This Issue New residents pg 1 Message from our pg 1 Board of Directors Celebrating Birthdays pg 2 Celebrating Christmas pg 3 to pg 8 Naša Music Care pg 9 Thank you pg 10 to pg 11 Family Council pg 12 Family Council pg 13 Did you know ? pg 14 Spiritual Message pg 15 Sponsorship pg 16 Renovations are Coming! You may have seen people measuring and assessing the condition of the building over the last few months. They are the engineers and team members from G Architects, who are conducting a feasi- bility study to assess building conditions and renovation options for our aging building. Our goals include: - redevelop the oldest part of the building, the Kastelic wing, to be completed by 2025 as required by the government - add more long-term care rooms due to increasing demand - make better use of underutilized spaces - update all parts of the building - improve Dom Lipa’s long term financial sustainability - decrease energy consumption with better design and updated equipment Our current preferred option is to have 80 long term care (LTC) beds in total, and we would be asking for an additional 14 LTC bed licenses from the Ministry. The LTC beds would be in 2 separate ‘home areas’ within Dom Lipa. The 30 retirement units would be separate from the LTC areas, and have a separate entranceway for residents, as required by building standards. The architects will complete their feasibility work in the next few months and provide us with a starting point estimate for the renova- tions. At the same time, the Board is investigating Ministry- available funding, and private sector bridge funding to finance the renovations until the government subsidies are confirmed and ob- tained. In addition, Dom Lipa will be launching a special building campaign to ask for help from the community. There will be many naming op- portunities around Dom Lipa to commemorate your loved ones. Watch for announcements about the new campaign! Article by Maria Zajc McDonald and Sylvia Kobal, on behalf of the Board of Directors

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DOM LIPA NEWS Rooted in Tradition. Caring for the Future. Vol. 5 No. 1 Winter 2020

Welcome to our

new residents

Ivana Campa

Alojzij (Louie) Dejak

Matilda Ritlop

Štefan Ritlop

Dobrodošli

novi stanovalci!

In This Issue

New residents pg 1

Message from our pg 1 Board of Directors

Celebrating Birthdays pg 2

Celebrating Christmas pg 3 to pg 8

Naša Music Care pg 9

Thank you pg 10 to pg 11 Family Council pg 12

Family Council pg 13

Did you know ? pg 14

Spiritual Message pg 15

Sponsorship pg 16

Renovations are Coming! You may have seen people measuring and assessing the condition of the building over the last few months. They are the engineers and team members from G Architects, who are conducting a feasi-bility study to assess building conditions and renovation options for our aging building.

Our goals include: - redevelop the oldest part of the building, the Kastelic wing, to be completed by 2025 as required by the government - add more long-term care rooms due to increasing demand

- make better use of underutilized spaces

- update all parts of the building

- improve Dom Lipa’s long term financial sustainability

- decrease energy consumption with better design and updated equipment

Our current preferred option is to have 80 long term care (LTC) beds in total, and we would be asking for an additional 14 LTC bed licenses from the Ministry. The LTC beds would be in 2 separate ‘home areas’ within Dom Lipa. The 30 retirement units would be separate from the LTC areas, and have a separate entranceway for residents, as required by building standards.

The architects will complete their feasibility work in the next few months and provide us with a starting point estimate for the renova-tions. At the same time, the Board is investigating Ministry-

available funding, and private sector bridge funding to finance the renovations until the government subsidies are confirmed and ob-tained.

In addition, Dom Lipa will be launching a special building campaign to ask for help from the community. There will be many naming op-portunities around Dom Lipa to commemorate your loved ones. Watch for announcements about the new campaign!

Article by Maria Zajc McDonald and Sylvia Kobal, on behalf of the Board of Directors

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Celebrating Birthdays

Happy 104th Birthday

Ignac Križman on Friday, January 31, 2020

Thank you vocal group Fantje for your performance in honour of our Dom Lipa Centenarian Ignac Križman.

Happy Birthday

February

Mary Zagar February 2

Marija Babinska February 2

Dora Kavčič February 6 Valentin Končan February 10 Gloria (Slavka) Stajan February 14

Marta Ficko February 14 Anne Kesner February 23

Jamernik Gabriela February 24

December Franc Kofol December 3 Maria Plainchek December 8 Genovefa Pregelj December 14 Angela Horvat December 19 Allan Thompson December 27

January

Mary Teresa McVeigh January 4 Vera Raspudic January 6 Yolanda Gorjup January 10 Dora Tomsic January 10 Franc Campa January 14 Marija Papa January 24 Antonia Jeric January 25 Joseph Malesich January 27 Ingrida Bulmanis January 28 Caroline Borosich January 30 Ignac Križman January 31

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Praznovanje božiča

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Celebrating Christmas

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Praznovanje božiča

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Celebrating Christmas

Vesel božič in srečno novo leto

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Praznovanje božica

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Sveti Miklavž

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Music is a human language. We can all use music to support health and wellbeing. Introducing music into care can increase socialization and engagement, improve mood, bring happiness and pleasure and trigger memories.

The new Naša Music Care Initiative at Dom Lipa has been created in conjunction with The Room 217 Partners Program, Dom Lipa Management, staff, residents and volunteers and Family Council, to support everyone in using music in new ways in our home.

Naša Music Care Kits

Each of the activity and TV rooms in our home has a set of musical materials for everyone to use. Look for a bin of instruments and song books. To use Room 217 specific materials, as well as CD and DVD players, speak to the activation staff in your home area.

Questions?

Please ask the activation staff in your home area if you have any additional questions.

Naša Music Care Initiative

Dance Party/ Scarf Chair Dancing

Musical Relaxation

Musical Activities

Singing

Sing-a-long DVD

Conversation Cards

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Thank you

Hvala

We thank everyone who helped make Christmas special for our residents!Sharing your talents brought joy to all of us at Dom Lipa!

Milan, Danny and Santa

Naša Pesem

Spotlight Orchestra Maria Val

Jadran

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Thank you Hvala

Thank you for sharing your talents with our residents. We are grateful for the entertainment !

Musical visits every Thursday with Val, Mojca, Claudia and Millie

Trio from Slovenia

Citre Tanja Zajc-Zupan

Violena Hermina Matjašič

Poetry Ana Zupan

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Dom Lipa FAMILY COUNCIL ... A MEMBER

What has your FAMILY COUNCIL done for Residents?

☼ Constructed a vegetable growing starter kit

☼ Created numerous perennial gardens

☼ Built two wooden raised vegetable beds with soil

☼ Donated 35 incontinence pads

☼ Planted hundreds of spring flowering bulbs

Your FAMILY COUNCIL cares, participates, supports, and collaborates!

Members have been involved with:

Meetings with Dom Lipa Management and Staff

Dom Lipa Initiatives such as Sensory Lap Blankets & the Music Care Project

DOM LIPA

FAMILY COUNCIL

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Dom Lipa FAMILY COUNCIL

[email protected]

Are you or your loved one new to Dom Lipa?

WANT TO LEARN MORE? COME TO OUR NEXT MEETING ON JUNE 8, 2020

ARE YOU INTERESTED IN MEETING LIKE MINDED FRIENDS/FAMILY MEMBERS?

DO YOU WANT TO SHARE IDEAS, LEARN, ADVOCATE, AND IMPROVE THINGS?

DO YOU NEED A SUPPORTIVE CARING FAMILY OUTSIDE OF YOUR OWN?

WE ARE HERE FOR YOU!

WE ARE JUST LIKE YOU…CARING, PASSIONATE INDIVIDUALS!

CONTACT US: [email protected]

Do you know that?

Dom Lipa is both a Retirement and a Long Term Care Home Residence

Retirement Homes and Long Term Care Homes are governed by provincial laws

Residents at Dom Lipa have ‘rights’ which according to these laws must be respected

When ‘rights’ are not respected complaints may be submitted to the Home or regulating body

RETIREMENT HOMES

Receive no government funding and are regulated by the Retirement Homes Act 2010

The Retirement Homes Regulatory Authority (RHRA) administers the Act 2010 and is

responsible for licensing and regulating retirement homes on behalf of the government The RHRA is an independent, non profit corporation established by the Ministry for Seniors &

Accessibility

LONG TERM CARE HOMES

Receive government funding and are regulated by the Long Term Care Homes 2007

The Ministry of Health & Long Term Care ( MOHLTC) administers the Act 2010 and is

responsible for licensing and regulating Long Term Care Homes (nursing homes) Dom Lipa and the FAMILY COUNCIL have ROLES/responsibilities as legislated in the ACT The MOHLTC enforces the LAW with regular inspections

The outcomes of these inspections are available online for public viewing

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Daniel and Frances Anzelc Cordeau Music Scholarship Application

The Cordeau and Anzelc families have created a generous award to support a student in the StFX Music Program.

This award will be granted to an incoming first year student majoring in a Music degree plan. It is in the amount of $7000 per year, renewable for your four years of study at StFX. This award will be applied to the StFX student account.

Preference will be given first to those with Slovenian ethnicity, and second to music ability. If no student with Slovenian background has applied then it will be open to all Canadian students and the recipient will be chosen based on music ability. Talent will be assessed by audition at the Music Department.

Please note: The Daniel and Frances Anzelc Cordeau Music Scholarship is awarded every four years. It was awarded in September 2019 . The next opportunity to apply for the scholarship will be in 2023.

Did you know? Ali ste vedeli?

Neilson Park Creative Centre Artwork Exhibition

Please visit the display of artwork located in the auditorium and on the hallway to the auditorium. Members of the NPCC resident groups are displaying their artwork in partnership with Dom Lipa.

The exhibition will end on June 17, 2020. Information on purchasing artwork is posted by the display.

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Dom Lipa has a GRATITUDE WALL

Please add to our wall (located in the basement near the Retirement Dining Room) as we express our gratitude! Express gratitude daily!

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V Spomin

In Memoriam

Dragica Bogič

Frida Flegar

Anton Hrvatin

Maria Popit

Naše globoko

sožalje sorodnikom.

Our deepest condolences

to the families.

Spiritual Message

Duhovna Misel “Zavoljo Kristusa vas prosimo, spravite se za Bogom” (2 Kor 5,12)

To je naslov poslanice za postni čas 2020, s katero nas je sveti oče Frančišek povabil, naj vzamemo velikonočno skrivnost za jedro našega spreobrnjenja.

Povabilo naj postanemo prijatelji z Bogom - Bistveno sporočilo evangelija je, da je skrivnost ljubezni tako resnična, pristna in konkretna, da nas vabi k iskrenemu in rodovit-nemu pogovoru. Papež piše: “Kdor verjame temu sporočilu, zavrača laž, da naše življenje izvira iz nas samih.”

Papež Frančišek nas vabi, naj v postnem času svoje oči upremo v oči Gospoda na križu in mu dovolimo, da nas “zopet in zopet odreši.” “Jezusova velikonočna skrivnost ni dogodek, ki se je zgodil, temveč je dogodek, ki je po moči Svetega Duha vedno prisoten in nam tako omogoči, da se z vero dotaknemo Kristusovega telesa v tistih ki trpijo”.

Pomembnost molitve – Sveti oče poudarja pomembnost molitve v postnem času, saj je molitev sredstvo s katerim odgovarjamo na božjo ljubezen, ki nas vedno vodi in krepča. Kristjani molimo v vednosti, da smo kljub svoji nevrednosti vedno ljubljeni. V tem ugodnem času si torej dovolimo, da bomo končno slišali glas Ženina. Bolj, ko bomo živeli njegovo besedo, bolj bomo doživljali usmiljenje ki nam ga podarja. Ta milostni čas ne sme iti mimo nas. Ne dopustimo, da bi živeli v nespametni utvari, da lahko mi nadzorujemo, kdaj in kako se bomo spreobrnili k Njemu.

Dejstva, da nam Gospod znova naklanja ugoden čas za spreobrnjenje, ne smemo imeti za samoumevnega. Ta nova priložnost, bi morala v nas prebuditi občutek hvaležnosti in nas zbuditi iz lenobnosti. Čeprav je včasih tragično, da je zlo navzoče v našem življenju in v ži-vljenju Cerkve in sveta, je priložnost, da spremenimo svojo pot, odraz Božje neomajne volje do neprekinjenega odrešenjskega dialoga z nami. Oče je Križanega Jezusa, ki ni poznal greha za nas storil za greh (prim 2 Kor 5,21) in v tem odrešenju naložil Sinu breme naših grehov. Po besedah papeža Benedikta XVI. Se je tako zgodil “božji obrat proti samemu sebi” (Bog je ljubezen, 12). Kajti Bog ljubi tudi svoje sovražnike (prim Mt 5,43-48).

Zavezanost, da bomo gradili boljši svet – Ko velikonočno skrivnost postavimo v središče svojega življenja, postanemo sočutni do ran križanega Kristusa, ki so navzoče v številnih nedolžnih žrtvah vojn, napadih na življenje še nerojenih ali starejših in v različnih oblikah nasilja.

Može in žene dobre volje, pravi papež Frančišek, je treba tudi danes nagovarjati, naj v obliki miloščine delijo svoje dobrine s tistimi, ki jih najbolj potrebujejo in tako osebno prispevajo k izgrajevanju boljšega sveta. Dobrodelnost nas počlovečuje, medtem ko nas lahko kopičenje razčloveči, ker nas zapira v lastno sebičnost. Da bi oblikovali pravičnejše in bolj vključujoče gospodarstvo je sveti oče konec marca letos v Assisi poklical mlade ekonomiste, podjetnike in oblikovalce sprememb, saj cerkveno učiteljstvo pogosto poudarja, da je politično življenje izjemna oblika dobrodelnosti. Enako velja za ekonomsko življenje, h kateremu lahko pristopamo v istem evangeljskem duhu, duhu blagrov.

Papež Frančišek je zaključil poslanico s priprošnjo k sveti Devici Mariji, da bi nam v post-nem času odprla srca, da bi slišali Božji klic, naj se spravimo z njim in da bi uprli pogled v velikonočno skrivnost, ter da bi se spreobrnili k odprtemu in iskrenemu dialogu z Njim. Tako bomo postali “sol zemlje in luč sveta” (prim Mt 5,13-14).

(cfr. Vatican news, Feb 24,2020) Pripravil Ivan Plazar, C.M.

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Sponsorship Opportunities:

We invite companies to contribute to our quarterly publications through their sponsorship. In order to promote your business, please provide us with your company logo and applicable information to be advertised on the final page of each issue. Contact our office for more information at 416-621-3820 Ext. 221 or email at [email protected]

This winter issue covered events from November 28, 2019 – February 26, 2020. Our spring issue will be available in June 2020.

To receive our newsletter via email, please send a request to:[email protected] or contact our Business Office at 416-621-3820.

Contact Us

Dom Lipa

52 Neilson Drive Etobicoke, ON M9C 1V7 416-621-3820

[email protected]

www.domlipa.ca/ Rooted in Tradition. Caring for the Future.

Zaokoreninjeni v tradiciji. Skrb za prihodnost.

If you need to contact the Dom Lipa FAMILY COUNCIL or for more information, please email them at:

[email protected]

Thank you to Our Corporate Sponsor for their generous support of Dom Lipa’s newsletter!

SAVE THE DATES

Sunday, March 22, 2020

Annual General Meeting (AGM)

( In case of poor weather, the alternate date is Sunday, April 26th - please

check our website or call.)

Sunday, May 31, 2020

Dom Lipa Walk-A-Thon